Docht

English translation: tongue

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German term or phrase:Docht
English translation:tongue
Entered by: Sabine Tietge

11:34 Sep 20, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Gürtel
German term or phrase: Docht
Genialer Wende-Gürtel: Der 2-in-1-Gürtel kann sowohl modisch als auch klassisch sein. Die hochwertige Schnalle mit ***massivem Docht*** wird auf der Oberfläche leicht längs geschliffen und anschließend mit klarem Lack dauerhaft versiegelt.


Herzlichen Dank schon jetzt!
Sabine Tietge
Local time: 13:05
tongue
Explanation:
Just a hunch.

I think it's the tongue that goes in the buckle.

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Note added at 16 mins (2007-09-20 11:50:45 GMT)
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As in: "All of out belts are sized by measuring the distance from the tip of the buckle tongue to the center hole of the belt."
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Paul Cohen
Greenland
Local time: 05:35
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +2tongue
Paul Cohen
2pin
Francis Lee (X)


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Docht (context: Gürtel)
pin


Explanation:
Never heard of "Docht" in this sense, but I'm assuming it's the pin with which a buckle is fastened:

2" wide brown leather belt with single pin roller buckle on right.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leatherartstudio/440452601/

p.s. should this really be a Marketing question (it's about a technical term, after all)?

Francis Lee (X)
Local time: 08:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Docht (context: Gürtel)
tongue


Explanation:
Just a hunch.

I think it's the tongue that goes in the buckle.

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Note added at 16 mins (2007-09-20 11:50:45 GMT)
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As in: "All of out belts are sized by measuring the distance from the tip of the buckle tongue to the center hole of the belt."

Paul Cohen
Greenland
Local time: 05:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BrigitteHilgner: Threre once was a kudoz question about "Dornschließe" (tongued buckle) but it seems to have been deleted from the system.
19 mins
  -> "Dorn" and "Docht" as terms for buckles? The fashion world is a creative place!

agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): yes, a[pparently so. Don't argue with fashion, ha! :))
1 hr
  -> One translator's "tongue" is another's "Docht"? Hey, it's fashion! You have to go with the flow...
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